There is an interesting phenomenon in the animal kingdom that animals with lethal weapons generally do not attack with lethal weapons when they have an argument with their own kind. For example, tigers, unless they are fighting for a mate or territory, will not bite with their teeth, but will only scratch with their claws, and once the other party fails to escape, they will not beat the water dogs; Another example is the king cobra, even in the war for mates, they only achieve the goal of defeating the other by crushing the other person under them; Another example is crocodiles, which obviously have chilling teeth, but when competing for mates, they will use the tremors of their back muscles to emit something similar to infrasound waves, declaring their strength to their unyielding kind.

This can show that there is a subconscious of self-protection between the same species in the animal kingdom, protecting their own race, which is deeply written into the genes. This is also true in humans, where a person, even if he has little education and has been living in an inaccessible place, will not kill another person without saying a word when he is close to his life. It's like when Tarzan of the apes met Jenny, he didn't kill her immediately......

Tian Fan believes that people who treat killing people as pleasure can basically be excluded from the scope of human beings, and even inferior to animals. He knows that when a person is aggrieved for too long, he is likely to become a butcher who kills people without blinking, so under normal circumstances, he will try to find a way to end the siege battle quickly. At this point, Tian Fan is different from others, different from anyone in this era. The purpose of others to quickly end the siege battle may be to reduce the losses of soldiers or something, but Tian Fan thinks from the perspective of human nature. He was afraid that the soldiers would watch the robes die in the siege battle, lying helplessly in the crooks of their arms, and the pressure in their hearts would continue to accumulate, and finally break through the critical point. Once the point is reached, when women and money are no longer enough to vent their resentment and fear, the soldiers will become butchers who kill people without blinking.

The greatest damage of war is not physical, but mental. Physical wounds are easy to treat, but in the end, they only leave a scar, but psychological wounds are difficult to treat, leaving behind terrifying rifts. How many soldiers who have been on the battlefield have committed suicide because of such and such battlefield trauma, unable to adapt to the life of ordinary people, unable to endure the torture of a peaceful and peaceful life, or have chosen to become professional killers or return to the battlefield as mercenaries?

Tian Fan can't and doesn't dare to work with a group of butchers, and he doesn't dare in his heart.

Killing people will become a habit. Tian Fan was afraid that the people around him would develop this terrifying habit, so he had always strictly forbidden the killing of prisoners and civilians. Tian Fan thinks that he is very lucky, the soldiers of this era are all ordinary people with good nature, and owning a piece of land is their greatest wish, and most of them have relatively big nerves, and there has been no loss of control so far.

Even in the most brutal battle for Dong'anping he had experienced so far, the soldiers did not complete their magnificent transformation from a kind soldier to a murderous demon, and after Tian Fan ordered a ban on the torture of the prisoners, they honestly escorted the prisoners out of the city. Punches and kicks are inevitable, but you can't help the soldiers to vent a little, can you? As long as there is no major incident, Tian Fan thinks that he can be blind and turn a blind eye.

The weather is hot, and the most important thing is to dispose of the corpses that are all over the battlefield, otherwise as long as you pass by**, the corpses will stink. Tian Fan asked the cavalry who did not go to battle to dispose of the corpses, and arranged for Gao Shun to lead the people to deploy defenses in Dong'anping, and at the same time monitor Linjiang City opposite Zishui, so he led the rest of the soldiers back to the camp.

The camp is full of wounded soldiers, and the camp is full of absolutely wounded soldiers! Of course, there are many people who are injured in battle, but there are many more who are sunburned or suffer from heat stroke. When fighting, the spirit is highly concentrated, let alone sunburned, even if you are hit by an arrow, you often don't know it. But in the evening, the soldiers began to feel uncomfortable, and their faces were burning with pain. This kind of pain is not the same as Jin Chuang, the pain makes people feel irritable, and many tough guys who lose their arms and legs and don't say a word can't help but cry.

Fortunately, Tian Fan was well prepared, and the tea soup made from the tea leaves soaked in the sunburned place could reduce inflammation and relieve pain and sterilize, and in the second half of the night, the sunburned soldiers were finally a little more stable. Mung bean soup to cool off, the doctors and soldiers of the medical battalion have been trained to deal with heat stroke, and the soldiers who suffered from heat stroke are also slowly recovering.

In the second half of the night, after Tian Fan returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, he couldn't hold back the pain on his face anymore, and after dealing with the injury with teary eyes, he couldn't help but fall asleep sleepily. According to the soldiers, he snorted when he slept.

The next day, after Tian Fan got up, he found a bunch of red bumps on his face, and when he got out of the big tent, he found that it was not only him, but most of the soldiers were like this. Lu Bu's skin was white, which was even more obvious, and he couldn't see it on that face.

I held a meeting with my discomfort, and the first thing I did was to order a five-day rest. Tian Fan laughed self-deprecatingly, estimating that his gang was the first army in the world to recuperate due to sunburn and heat stroke.

Picked up the wet towel, dipped it in a copper basin on the handsome case, and moistened his face, Tian Fan was so refreshed by the cold tea soup that he gasped, and the hot pain on his face finally improved a little.

looked at the people in the handsome tent, found Gao Shun, and said, "Zhengqing, how many ships have you found?" ”

Gao Shun said: "There are more than 40 in Dong'anping City, and they are all small boats, and they can only ferry more than 600 people at a time. The rest of the ships either sank or drifted to Onozawa and could not be recovered. ”

Tian Fan nodded, and couldn't help frowning: "At that time, I was only concerned about the joy of the war, and I forgot about crossing the river. It's not our home stadium, there are no civilian boats available, how can that be? ”

Everyone in the tent was speechless, Lu Bu wiped his face like Tian Fan, and said with bared teeth: "Boguang, how about logging?" ”

Tian Fan shook his head and said, "Enough!" There are some sergeants and good swimmers, all of whom live on the banks of Surabaya, Yishui or the river, but there are not many who are good at boating, after all, not everyone who lives by the river has the opportunity to sail a boat. You can't steer a boat, let alone a raft that is more difficult to steer than a boat? ”

Gao Shun said: "Boguang, if it really doesn't work, can we let the soldiers who are good swimmers build a bridge over the Zishui?" Or let a good sailor sail a small boat into Onozawa to look for the lost ship. ”

Tian Fan shook his head and said, "No, Onozawa is not a small puddle, it is a large lake with a radius of hundreds of miles, after the ship enters there, the ghost knows where it will be washed up, how to find such a big place?" We only have those forty small boats, and entering Onozawa is like beating an egg in the middle of a big river, who can drink the taste of egg soup? I think it's better to find another way. As for building a bridge on the Zishui River, I don't think that the current water conditions, which are generally more than two zhang deep, are not suitable for building bridges. It's a real headache to cross the river, so let's find another way! ”

After a slight pause, he looked at Lu Bu and said, "Fengxian, have the bones of the soldiers been cleaned up?" ”

Lu Bu nodded and said, "It's all packed up, whether it is friend or foe, all the bones have been burned according to your orders." The ashes of each of our soldiers have been sealed in the urn, and as for the other party's, they have been scattered into the water. ”

Tian Fan didn't think that what Lu Bu did was inappropriate, according to Lu Bu's meaning, it would be good to directly abandon the other party in the corpse wilderness, but Tian Fan told him that the corpse wilderness was easy to cause plague, and he listened to Tian Fan's words.

At this time, a small colonel entered the big tent, hugged his fists and said: "Governor Dadu, General Pang is back!" ”

Tian Fan's expression froze, and he said, "I know, let him come to the big tent to see me in a quarter of an hour." ”

The junior colonel took the order and left, Tian Fan looked at Zhuge Liang and the others, and said: "Yuanren, Xiaozhi, the five of you will come up with a way to cross the river for me, with a time limit of five days, and the day when the army is resting and recuperating is the day when I wait to cross the river, do you understand?" ”

Five people took the order.

Tian Fan bowed slightly, looked at Sun Kang and Yin Li, who had just returned from transporting grain, and said, "You two stay first, there is still enough grain in the granary of Dong'anping to support our army in March, and you don't need to transport grain for the time being." ”

The two excitedly clasped their fists to receive their lives, although the transportation of grain and grass is very important, and the credit is not small, but both of them think that since they are in the army but have no chance to kill the enemy, the taste in their hearts is a little wrong.

Tian Fan explained a few words to Wang Xiu and others, and then announced the dismissal of the meeting, and after everyone got up and saluted, Yuguan walked out of the big tent.

Tian Fan drank cold tea while quietly waiting for Pang De's arrival. Pang De is back, which means that Liu Bei's family has been taken over, I don't know what kind of people Liu Bei's family are? And what impact will their arrival have on the situation in Xuzhou? Tian Fan knew that in history, Liu Bei did not reuse his own clansmen, but the current situation is not the same as in history, I wonder if Liu Bei will reuse his clansmen like Cao Cao and Sun Ce?

After thinking for a while, Tian Fan nodded slowly, Liu Bei will definitely reuse his own people!

In history, Liu Bei did not reuse them, probably because his subordinate forces had been formed, and after the big waves, he had many cronies who could not betray him, based on these people, he could naturally control a lot of strength for his own use, and there was no need to reuse the people in his family.

Furthermore, the capacity aspect may also be an issue. The Cao brothers and Xiahou brothers in the Cao Cao family are all the choice of generals, and Cao Cao's adopted sons, sons, and clansmen do not have a simple character, no matter from which point of view, they will be reused. On Sun Ce's side, Zhou Yu is his brother-in-law, and his uncles and brothers are not simple characters, there are quite a few capable people, who do they reuse?

And Liu Bei's family, there really doesn't seem to be any outstanding figure in history. I remember that he had an uncle named Liu Zijing, because his name was "Zijing", and Meng Da changed his word "Zijing" to "Zidu" in order to avoid it. Thinking of this, Tian Fan smiled, now there is no Mencius in Liu Bei's army, but there is a Lu Zijing, I don't know if Lu Su will change the word?

Different from history, Liu Bei's route is very different, he has experienced few twists and turns, his subordinates have not gone through the big waves, Liu Bei can absolutely trust not many people, Jian Yong is counted as one, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are counted, Tian Fan is counted as half, originally Liu Bei married Cao Bao, the Cao family should take the route of relatives and become a force, but for some reason, Cao Bao is now very low-key. In this case, it is estimated that Liu Bei is also worried. At this time, introduce a force of his own family, slowly reuse them, and finally let them be in a high position, forming a force that he can absolutely rest assured, presumably Liu Bei will be difficult to endure this **.

In this era, the princes have traces to follow, and they are strikingly similar in many places.

Under normal circumstances, a certain prince first occupies a place, preferably his hometown, unites a group of people with local and kinship relations, and then uses this group of people as the basis to control a large group of people in a snowballing way, so as to form his own power. For example, Cao Cao, he organized 3,000 clan soldiers with the funds given by his hometown Chen Liuju merchants and the manpower and material resources of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, which was his first pot of gold. Sun Ce is actually the same, his first pot of gold was the generals and soldiers left to him by his father Sun Jian, when he gained a firm foothold in Jiangnan, he immediately moved his people over and promoted them to knighthood, and through them snowballed their strength, there is now Sun Ce.

Thinking about it carefully, Lu Bu is also the same. Why did he get mixed up so badly in history? It was because of the army of the state when he made his fortune, and in the process of working for Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang, Zhang Miao and others, and fighting with Cao Cao, he lost everything, and his ability to control the peripheral strength declined, which led to his demise. The same is true of the overlord Xiang Yu, his three thousand Jiangdong disciples are his direct cronies, and when he has these cronies, he can control countless armies based on them. However, in the battle, Jiangdong's disciples continued to suffer casualties, although Xiang Yu's army was large, but the people's hearts were not aligned, his control over the army declined, and the combat effectiveness of the entire army also fell, which eventually led to his defeat at the hands of Liu Bang.

In the final analysis, the descendants of fellow villagers or clansmen are the most fundamental strength of the princes of a party, and only these people will not betray them, even if they fight against the wind, they will not betray. And the rest of the non-descendant armies and strengths, which occupy the majority, may collapse in the face of adversity.

It is impossible for Liu Bei not to know this, so Tian Fan believes that it is only a matter of time before Liu Bei's clan is reused.

Tian Fan couldn't help frowning, now the groups that have become more and more obvious in Xuzhou include the clan group represented by Chen Qun, the military group he represents, and he will represent businessmen in the future, these two forces are basically balanced, once the clan surnamed Liu occupies a place in Xuzhou, I really don't know if it's good or bad.

Thinking of this, Tian Fan had a feeling that he had a long way to go.

At the east gate of Xu County, the city gate was wide open, the drawbridge was lowered, and an army came out of the city.

At the gate of the city, Cao Cao's general Xiahoudun hugged his fists and said: "Miaocai, this battle is very important, and it can even be said that it is related to the life and death of the eldest brother, I hope you will be more careful!" ”

Xiahou Yuan hugged his fists and said: "Brother, don't worry, this battle will definitely kill Liu Bei without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

Xiahou frowned and said, "Miaocai, put away your arrogant words, how can Liu Bei be a good match?" ”

Xiahou Yuan's face turned red, and he hugged his fists and said, "Brother, junior brother must be attentive!" ”

Xiahoudun nodded with satisfaction, his face softened a lot, and said, "Miaocai, after completing the plan, you must come back alive!" ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded vigorously and said, "Brother don't worry, brother understands!" ”

Xiahoudun nodded, looked at Cao Chun, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, and said: "Zihe, Zidan, Wenlie, there is a long road ahead, I don't know if there is still a time to meet, I hope you will cherish it!" ”

Cao Chun, Cao Zhen, and Cao Xiu hugged their fists and said, "The general is precious!" ”

Xiahoudun nodded a little sadly, waved his big hand, and the four of them turned over and got on their horses, and after holding their fists and saluting, they beat their horses and left.

Xiahoudun looked at the backs of the four people, trying to control his tears not to fall, but his eyes were already red. As he said, there is a long way to go, and I don't know if there will be a time to meet. Xiahou Yuan and he are cousins, Cao Chun is Cao Ren's younger brother, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen are Cao Cao's clansmen, of which Cao Zhen is also Cao Cao's adopted son. Xiahou and Cao's generations have been married, it can be said that these people are all related to each other, and they are Cao Cao's direct cronies, and the damage to any one person is a great loss to Cao Cao and Xiahoudun. But the situation forced them to complete the extremely dangerous task of nine deaths, because others are not as trustworthy as them, and only they will not care about their own life and death for Cao Cao. If Xiahoudun is not worried, it is fake. But what can be done? Liu Bei is forced to do this, don't you still have your life if you don't work hard?

Thinking of the combat strategy formulated by Cao Cao as early as half a year ago and implemented step by step, it seems to be going smoothly at present, but for some reason, Xiahoudun can't see the future clearly, and he has a feeling of a long road ahead in his heart.